Railway freight-car.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904. J. G. STOLLRR, R. L. MILLER n W. Y. BEAN.

RAILWAY FREIGHT CAR.

APPLIUATIUN FILED AUG, s, 1903.

HO MODEL.

m M W UWA/ww No. 764,390. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904. J. G.STOLLER, R. L. MILLER & W. Y. BEAN.

RAILWAY FREIGHT GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3. 1903.

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UNITED `STATES i Patented July 5, 1904..

PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN G. STOLLER, RICHARD L. MILLER, ANI) l/VILLIAM Y. BEAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,390, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed August 3, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatv we, JOHN` G. STOLLER, RICHARD L. MILLER, and WILLIAM Y. BEAN, citizens oli' the United States, all residing at the city ot St. lrtouis and State of Missouri, have jointly invented a new and useful Rail` way Freight-Oar, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in IO railway freight cars wherein provision is made to transport oil or other liquid as freight in bulk together with general merchandise and all occupying the same vertical area of car-space and covering the features of adaptability ot' a box or platform car with a tankcar; and the objects of our improvements are, first, to provide a car having a lower metal tank-body and an upper platform or base for a box or platform car part formed of or upon 2O the upper or top of the tank and in combina-.I tion therewith; second, provide enlarged carrying capacity of a freight-car and reduce the traction incident to its movement upon the rails by deflecting the center of gravity below the perimeter oill the truck-wheels; third, provide a combination-body to a freight-car that will be susceptible or' being carried on the ordinary car-trucks without change therein.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleval l tion of our improved car, showing its general configuration and operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View on line A A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section view through the middle of the car, showing parts and method for loading and unloading the tanksectionor the car; and Fig. 4, a vertical crosssectional View on line C C, Fig. 1, showing form and connections over car-trucks.

Similar figures designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, l represents the body of a box-car; 2, the tank; 3, the trucks; 4, the carbolster, which may be or' the ordinary T-bar iron or other form or material for that purpose; 5, the truck-bolster, formed of channelbars or hollow castings; 6, the king-bolt and openings to connect and hold the car-body to the trucks; 7 the girder-frame; 8, stii'leningangles to web of girder-frame 7 to take up Serial No. 168,023i (No model.)

charging tank; 13, manhole l'or entering tank 60 to gage or repair same; 14C, I-beams transverse to girders and over tank-snliporting floor or platform of car and bracing upper flanges oi' girders; V15, nailing-strip secured in I-bea1n upon which-to fasten superstructure oi' the 65 carbody. y The advantages which our hereinaboveconstruction in a combination railway freight-car offer are .found in utilizing the space between the forward and rear trucks for carrying purposes, and thereby settling the load to a lower plane of gravity` whereby there is brought about a saving in the power necessary to be expended in moving an equal weight situated higher up above the periphery or' the wheels 75 of the trucks, as in other constructions. Ben sides facilitating the motion of the car our invention provides a wider range ot' usefulnessin transportation ot oil or other liquid articles in substantially the same car-body with general merchandise and susceptible `of being carried on the ordinary wheel-trucks without material change. p

Having thus described our invention, that which we claim as new, and desire tosecnre 8 5 by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the trucks of a freight-car, a semi-annular tank formed ot a series o'i deflected semi-annular supports connected transversely to the girder sides, stiii'en- 9o ing for the girder-lrame, angle connections joining' the saddleoi the tank on each side to the car-girdcr, the said tank having a depending central part between the trucks substantially as described.

Q. The combination with a 'Freight-car body or' a semi-annular tank located upon a saddle formed of a series oit' deflected semi-annular platform supporting' and forming part of a boxoar, or Without a boX as desired, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified.

JOHN G. STOLLER. RICHARD L. MILLER. VILLIAM Y. BEAN.

`litnesses:

AUG. REBENACK, JULIAN LAUGHLIN. 

